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Il.-i-."t5u.;,- Di-.nvi, I. 



INSTITUTION 



SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, 

rOKMED BY THE 

OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY, 

AT ITS 
CANTONMENTS ON THE HUDSON KIVEK, MAY 10, 1783 ; 

AND KSTABLI8HMENT OF THE SOCIETY OF 

THE CINCINNATI OF MASSACHUSETTS, 

ITS ORGANIZATION, INCORPORATION, MEMBERS ORIGINAL, AND ADMITTED, 
BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS, TOGETHER WITH 

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ABSTRACTS AND NOTICES. 



Printed by order, and lor the use of the Society. 



BOSTON: 

STEAM PRESS OF C. C. P. MOODY, 

52 WASHINGTON STREET. 
1859. 



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CONVENTION OF 



Cantonment op the American Army, 
ON Hudson River, May 10, 1783. 

Proposals for establishing a Society upon principles therein men- 
tioned, whose members shall be the officers of the American 
Army, having been communicated to the several regiments of 
the respective lines, they appointed an officer from each, who, 
in conjunction with the General Officers, should take the same 
into consideration at their meeting this day, at which the Hon- 
orable Major-General Baron de Steuben, the senior officer pres- 
ent, was pleased to preside. 

The proposals being read, fully considered, paragraph by par- 
agraph, and the amendments agreed to, Major-General Knox, 
Brigadier-General Hand, Brigadier-General Huntington, and 
Captain Shaw, were chosen to revise the same, and prepare a 
copy to be laid l)efore this Assembly at their next meeting, to 
be holden at Major-General Baron de Steuben's quarters, on 
Tuesday the 13th instant. 



TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1783. 

The representatives of the American Army being assembled, 
agreeably to adjournment, the plan for estaljlishing a society, 
whereof the officers of the American Army are to be members, 
is accepted, and is as follows, viz. 



It having i)lcascd the Supreme Governor of the Universe, in 
the disposition of human affairs, to cause the separation of tlie 
Colonies of North America from the domination of Great Brit- 
ain, and after a bloody conflict of eight years, to establish them 
Free, Independent, and Sovereign States, connected by alli- 
ances, founded on reciprocal advantages, with some of the 
greatest princes and powers of the earth. 

" To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this 
vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed 
under the pressure of common danger, and in many instances 
cemented by the l)lood of the parties ; the officers of the Amer- 
ican Army do hereliy in the most solemn manner associate, 
constitute, and combine themselves into one SOCIETY OF 
FRIENDS, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of 
their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral 
branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its support- 
ers and nc embers. 

" The officers of the American Army having generally been 
taken from the citizens of America, possess high veneration for 
the character of that illustrious Roman, Lucius Quintius Cin- 
CINNATUS, and being resolved to follow his example, l)y return- 
ing to their citizenship, they think they may with propriety de- 
nominate themselves the 

SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 

" The following principles shall be immutable, and form the 
basis of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

" An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted 
rights and liberties of human nature, for which they have fought 
and l)led, and without which the high rank of a rational being 
is a curse instead of a blessing. 

" An unalterable determination to promote and cherish, be- 
tween the respective States, that union and national honor, m 
essentially necessary to their happiness and the future dignity 
of tiie American empire. 

" To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among 
the ofticers, tbis spirit will dictate brotherly kindness in all 
things, and particularly extend to tlie most substantial acts of 
beneficence, according the ainlity of the society, towards those 



officers and their families, who iiiifortuiiately may be under the 
necssity of receiving it. 

" The general society will, for the sake of frequent communi- 
cations, be divided into state societies, and these again into such 
districts as shall be directed by the state society. 

" The societies of the districts to meet as often as shall bo 
agreed upon by the state society ; those of the states on the 
fourth day of July, annually, or oftener, if they shall find it ex- 
pedient ; and the general society on the first Monday in May, 
annually, so long as they shall deem it necessary, and after- 
wards, at least once in every three years. 

" At each meeting, the principles of the institution will be 
fully considered, and the best measures to promote them 
adopted. 

" The state societies will consist of all the members resident 
in each state respectively ; and any member removing from one 
state to another, is to be considered, in all respects, as belonging 
to the society of the state in which he shall actually reside. 

" The state societies to have a president, vice-president, sec- 
retary, treasurer, and assistant treasurer, to be chosen annually 
by a majority of votes, at the state meeting. 

" Each state meeting shall write annually, or oftener, if nec- 
essary, a circular letter, to the other state societies, noting 
whatever they may think worthy of observation respecting the 
good of the society, or the general union of the states, and giv- 
ing information of the officers chosen for the current year. 
Copies of these letters shall Ijc regularly transmitted to the sec- 
retary-general of the society, who will record them in a book 
to be assigned for that purpose. 

" The state society will regulate every thing respecting itself 
and the societies of the districts, consistent with the general 
maxims of the Cincinnati ; judge of the qualifications of the 
members who may be proposed ; and expel any member, who, 
by conduct inconsistent with a gentleman and a man of honor, 
or by an opposition to the interests of the community in gen- 
eral, or the societ}^ in i)articular, may render himself unwortliy 
to continue a member. 

" In order to form funds wliieli may be respectable, and assist 
the unfortunate, each officer shall deliver to the treasurer of the 



state society one month's pay, which shall remain forever to 
the use of the state society ; the interest only of which, if neces- 
sary, to be appropriated to the relief of the unfortunate. 

" Donations may be made by persons not of the society, and 
by members of the society, for the express purpose of forming 
permanent funds for the use of the state society ; and the interest 
of these donations appropriated in the some manner as that of 
the month's pay. 

" Monies, at the pleasure of each member, may be subscribed 
in the societies of the districts, or the state societies, for the re- 
lief of the unfortunate members or their widows and orphans, 
to be appropriated by the state society only. 

" The meeting of the general society, shall consist of its offi- 
cers and a representation from each state society, in number 
not exceeding five, whose expenses shall be borne by their re 
spective state societies. 

" In the general meeting, the president, vice-president, secre- 
tary, assistant secretary, treasurer, and assistant treasurer gen- 
eral, shall be chosen to serve until the next meeting. 

" The circular letters which have been written by the respec- 
tive state societies to each other, and their peculiar laws, shall 
be read and considered, and all measures concerted which may 
conduce to the general intendment of the society. 

"It is probal)le that some persons may make donations to 
the general society, for the purpose of establishing funds for the 
further comfort of the unfortunate ; in which case, such dona- 
tions must be placed in the hands of the treasurer general, the 
interest only of which to be disposed of, if necessary, by the 
general meeting. 

" All the officers of the American Army, as well those who 
have resigned with honor, after three years' service in the ca- 
pacity of officers, or who have been deranged by the resolutions 
of Congress, upon the several reforms of the army, as those who 
shall have continued to the end of tlie war, have the right to 
become parties to this institution ; provided that they subscribe 
one month's pay, and sign their names to the general rules, in 
their respective state societies — those who are present with 
the army immediately, and others within six months after the 



army shall be disbanded, extraordinary cases excepted. The 
rank, time of service, resolutions of Congress by which any 
have been deranged, and place of residence, must be added to 
each name ; and as a testimony of affection to the memory and 
the offspring of such officers as have died in the service, their 
eldest male branches shall have the same right of becoming 
members, as the children of the actual members of the society. 
" Those officers who are foreigners, not resident in any of the 
states, will have their names enrolled by the secretary general, 
and are to be considered as members in the societies of any of 
the states in which they may happen to be. 

" And as there are, and will at all times be, men in the re- 
spective states eminent for their abilities and patriotism, whose 
views may be directed to the same laudable objects with those 
of the Cincinnati, it shall be a rule to admit such characters, as 
honorary members of the society, for their own lives only : pro- 
vided always, that the number of honorary members, in each 
state, does not exceed a ratio of one to four of the officers or 
their descendants. 

" Each state society shall obtain a list of its members, and, at 
the first annual meeting, the state secretary shall have engrossed, 
on parchment, two copies of the institution of the society, which 
every member present shall sign ; and the secretary shall en- 
deavor to procure the signature of every absent member ; one 
of those lists to be transmitted to the secretary general to be 
kept in the archives of the society, and the other to remain in 
the hands of the state secretary. From the state lists the 
secretary general must make out, at the first general meeting, a 
complete list of the whole society, with a copy of which he will 
furnish each state secretary. 

" The society shall have an Order, by which its members shall 
be known and distinguished, which shall be a medal of gold, of 
a proper size to receive the emblems, and suspended by a deep 
blue ribbon, two inches wide, edged with white, descriptive of 
the union of Ameriea and France, viz. 



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" The principal figure 

CINCINNATUS, 

THREE SENATORS 

Presenting him with a sword and other 

Military Ensigns. 

On afield in the huch ground, 

HIS WIFE, 

standing at the door of their cottage ; 

Near it 

A plough and implements of Husbandry. 

Bound the whole, 

OMNIA RELIQUIT SERVARE REMPUBLICAAI. 

On the reverse. 

Sun rising ; a city with open gates, and 

Vessels entering the port ; 

FAME 

Crowning Cincinnatus with a wreath. 

Inscribed 

VIRTUTIS PRiEMIUM. 

Below, 

Hands joined, supporting a Heart, 

With the motto, 

E8T0 PERPETUA. 

Bound the whole, 

SOCIETAS CINCINNATORUM INSTITUTA, 

A. D. 1783." 



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The Society deeply impressed with a sense of the generous 
assistance this country has received from France, and desirous 
of perpetuating- the friendships which have been formed, and so 
happily subsisted, between the officers of the allied forces, in the 
prosecution of the war, direct, that the president general trans- 
mit, as soon as may be, to each of the characters hereafter named, 
a medal containing the order of the society, viz. 

His Excellency the Chevalier de la Luzerne, Minister Pleni- 
potentiary ; His Excellency the Sieur Gerard, late Minister 
Plenipotentiary ; Their Excellencies the Count de Estaing, the 
Count de Grasse, the Count de Barras, the Chevalier de Tou- 
ches, Admirals and Commanders in the Navy ; His Excellency 
the Count de Rochambeau, Commander in Chief, and the gen- 
erals and Colonels of his Army ; and acquaint them, that 
the society do themselves the honor to consider them as mem- 
bers. 

Kesolved, That a copy of the foregoing institution be given to 
the senior officer of each state line, and that the officers of the 
respective state lines, sign their names to the same, in manner 
and form following, viz. 

"We, the subscribers, officers of the American Army, do 
hereby voluntarily become parties to the foregoing institution, 
and do bind ourselves to observe, and be governed by, the princi- 
ples therein contained. For the performance whereof we do 
solemnly pledge to each other our sacred honor. 

Done in the Cantonment, on Hudson River ^ 
in the year 1783." 

That the members of the society, at the time of subscribing 
their names to the institution, do also sign a draft on the pay- 
master-general, in the following terms (the regiments to do it 
regimentally, and the generals and other officers not belonging 
to regiments, each for himself, individually) viz. 

" To John Pierce, Esq. paymaster-general to the army of the 
United States. 
Sir, 

Please to pay to treasurer for the 

state association of the Cincinnati, or his order, one month's pay 
of our several grades respectively, and deduct the same from the 

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balance wliich shall be found due to us on the final liquidation 
of our accounts ; for which this shall be your warrant." 

That the members of the several state societies assemble as 
soon as may be, for the choice of their president and other offi- 
cers ; and that the presidents correspond together, and appoint 
a meeting of the officers who may be chosen for each state, in 
order to pursue such further measures as may be judged nec- 
essary. 

That the general officers, and the officers delegated to repre- 
sent the several corps of the army, subscribe to the institution 
of the general society for themselves and their constituents, in 
the manner and form before prescribed. 

That General Heath, General Baron de Steuben, and Gen- 
eral Knox, be a committee to wait on his excellency the com- 
mander in chief, with a copy of the institution, and request him 
to honor the society by placing his name at the head of it. 

That major-general Heath, second in command in this army, 
be, and he hereby is desired to transmit copies of the institution, 
with the proceedings thereon, to the commanding officer of the 
southern army, the senior officer in each state, from Pennsylva- 
nia to Georgia, inclusive, and to the commanding officer of the 
Rhode Island line, requesting them to communicate the same 
to the officers under their several commands, and to take such 
measures as may appear to them necessary for expediting the es- 
tablishment of their state societies, and sending a delegation to 
represent them in the first general meeting- to be holden on the 
first Monday in May, 1784. 

The meeting then adjourned withaut day. 

A SUBSEQUENT MEETING was called of General officers and del- 
egates of regiments by Major General Baron de Steuben as pro- 
visionary President, of which Captain Shaw, with his Aid d& 
Camp, was appointed to act as Secretary, as follows. 



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Cantonment of the American Army, 
19th of June, 11 SS. 
At a meeting of the general officers, and the gentlemen dele- 
gated by the respective regiments, as a convention for establish- 
ing the society of the Cincinnati, held by the request of the 
president, at which were present. 

Major-general Baron de Steuben, President, 
Major-general Howe, 
Major-general Knox, 
Brigadier-general Patterson, 
Brigadier-general Hand, 
Brigadier-general Huntington, 
Brigadier-General Putnam, 
Colonel Webb, 

Lieutenant-colonel Huntington, 
Major Pettengill, 
Lieutenant Whiting, 
Colonel H. Jackson, 
Captain Shaw, 
Lieutenant-colonel Hull, 
Lieutenant-colonel Maxwell, 
Colonel Courtlandt. 

General Baron de Steuben acquainted the convention that he 
had, agreeably to their request, at the last meeting, transmitted 
to his excellency the chevalier de la Luzerne, minister plenipo- 
tentiary from the court of France, a copy of the institution of 
the society of the Cincinnati, with their vote respecting his ex- 
cellency, and the other characters therein mentioned ; and that 
his excellency had returned an answer, declaring his acceptance 
of the same, and expressing the grateful sense he entertains of 
the honor conferred on himself, and the other gentlemen of the 
French nation, by this act of the convention. 

Resolved, That the letter of the chevalier de la Luzerne be re- 
corded in the proceedings of this day, and deposited in the ar- 
chives of the society, as a testimony of the high sense this con- 
vention entertains of the honor done to the society by his be- 
coming a member thereof. 



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Resolved, that his excellency, the commander in-chief, be re- 
quested to officiate as president general, until the first general 
meeting to be held in May next. 

That a treasurer general, and a secretary general be ballotted 
for, to officiate in like manner. 

Tlie ballots being taken, major-general M'Dougall, was elected 
treasurer-general, and major-general Knox, secretary-general, 
who are hereby requested to accept said appointments. 

Resolved, that all the proceedings of this convention, includ- 
ing the institution of the society, be recorded (from the original 
papers in his possession) by captain ShaAv, who at the first meet- 
ing was requested to act as secretary, and that the same, signed 
by the president and secretary, together with the original papers, 
be given into the hands of major-g-eneral Knox, secretary-general 
to the society ; and that captain North, aid-de-camp to the baron 
de Steuben, and acting secretary to him as president, sign the 
said records. 

The dissolution of a very considerable part of the army, since 
the last meeting of this convention, having rendered the attend- 
ance of some of its members impracticable, and the necessity for 
some temporary arrangements, previous to the first meeting of 
the general society, being so strikingly obvious, the convention 
found itself constrained to make those before mentioned, which 
they have done with the utmost diffidence of themselves, and 
relying entirely on the candor of their constituents to make al- 
lowance for the measure : The principal objects of its ap- 
pointment being thus accomplished, the members of this con- 
vention think fit to dissolve the same, and it is hereby dissolved 
accordingly. 

True copy from the records of the society. 

W. NORTH, Secretary, 
To the President. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST GENERAL MEETING. 



INSTITUTION 

OF THE 

SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, 

AS ALTERED AND AMENDED 
AT THEIK FIKST GENERAL MEETING, AX PIUEADELFHIA, 

MAY 15, 1784. 



It having pleased the Supreme Governor of the Universe, to 
give success to the arms of our country, and to establish the 
United States free and independent : Therefore, gratefully to 
commemmorate this event ; to inculcate to the latest ages the 
duty of laying down in peace, arms assumed for public defence, 
by forming an institution which recognizes that most important 
principle ; to continue the mutual friendships which commenced 
under the pressure of common danger ; and to effectiiate the 
acts of beneficence, dictated by the spirit of brotherly kindness 
towards those officers and their families, who unfortunately may 
be under the necessity of receiving them ; the officers of the 
American Army do hereby constitute themselves into a SOCI- 
ETY OF FRIENDS : and possessing the highest veneration for 
the character of that ilkistrious Roman, Lucius Quintius Cin- 
cinnatus, denominate themselves the 

SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. 



Sect. 1. The persons who constitute this society are all the 
commissioned and brevet officers of the army and navy of the 
United States, who have served three years, and who lel't the 



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service with reputation ; all officers who were in actual soiA'icc 
at the conclusion of the war ; all the principal staff officers of 
the continental army ; and the officers who have been deranged 
by the several resolutions of Congress, upon the different re" 
forms of the army. 

Sect. 2. There arc also admitted into this society, the late 
and present ministers of his Most Christian Majesty to the United 
States ; all the generals and colonels of regiments and legions 
of the land forces ; all the admirals and captains of the navy, 
ranking as colonels, wdio have co-operated with the armies of 
the United States, in their exertions for liberty ; and siich other 
persons as have been admitted by the respective state meetings. 

Sect. 3. The society shall have a president, vice-president, 
secretary, and assistant secretary. 

Sect. 4. There shall be a meeting of the society, at least 
once in three years, on the first Monday in May, at such place 
as the president shall appoint. 

The said meeting shall consist of the aforesaid officers (whose 
expenses shall be equally borne by the state funds) and a rep- 
resentation from each state. 

The business of this general meeting shall be, to regulate the 
distribution of surplus funds ; to appoint officers for the ensuing 
term ; and to conform the by-laws of the state meetings to the 
general objects of the institution. 

Sect. 5. The society shall be divided into state meetings : 
each meeting shall have a president, vice-president, secretary, 
and treasurer, respectively ; to be chosen by a majority of votes 
annually. 

Sect. 6. The state meetings shall be on the Anniversary of 
Independence. They shall concert such measures as may con- 
duce to the benevolent puposes of the society ; and the several 
state meetings shall, at suitable periods, make applications to 
their respective legislatures for grants of charters. 

Sect. 7. Any member removing from one state to another, 
is to be considered, in all respects as belonging to the meeting 
of the state in which he shall actually reside. 

Sect. 8. The state meeting shall judge of the qualification 
of its members, admonish, and (if necessary) expel any one who 
may conduct himself unworthily. 



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Sect. 9. The secretary of each state meeting, shall register 
the names of the members resident in each state, and transmit 
a copy thereof to the secretary of the society. 

Sect. 10. In order to form funds for the relief of unfortunate 
members, their widows and orphans, each officer shall deliver to 
the treasurer of the state meeting one month's pay. 

Sect. 11. No donations shall be received, but from citizens 
of the United States. 

Sect. 12. The funds of each state meeting shall be loaned 
to the state by permission of the legislature, and the interest 
-only, annually to be applied for the purposes of the society ; and 
if, in process of time, difficulties should occur in executing the 
intentions of the society, the legislatures of the several states 
shall be requested to make such equitable dispositions as may 
be most correspondent with the original desigu of the institution. 

Sect. 13. The subjects of his Most Christian Majesty, mem- 
bers of this society, may hold meetings at their pleasure, and form 
regulations for their police, conformably to the objects of the in- 
stitution, and to the spirit of their government. 

Sect. 14. The society shall have an order ; which shall be 
a bald eagle of gold, bearing on its breast the emblems hereaf- 
ter described, suspended by a deep blue ribbon edged "^ith white,, 
descriptive of th? ^pion of America and France. 



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" TJie pri7icij3al figure 

CINCINNATUS, 

THREE SENATORS 

Presenting him with a sword and other 

Military Ensigns. 

On afield in the hack ground, 

HIS WIFE, 

standing at the door of their cottage ; 

Near it 

A plough and other implements of Husbandey. 

Round the whole, 

OMNIA EELIQUIT SERVARE REMPUBLICAlf. 

On the reverse. 

Sun rising ; a city with open gates, and 

Vessels entering the port ; 

FAME 

Crowning Cincinnatus with a Avreath, 

Imcribed 

VIRTUTIS PEJEMIUM. 

Beloru, 

Hands joined, supporting a Heart, 

With the motto, 

ESTO PERPETUA. 

Round the v^hole, 

SOCIETAS CINCINNATORUM INSTITUTA, 
A. D. 1783." 



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Sect. 15. A silver medal, representing the emblems, to be 
given to each member of the societ}'^ ; together with a diploma 
on parchment, whereon shall be impressed the figures of the 
order and medal, as above mentioned. 



The foregoing altered and amended Institution was transmit- 
ted to the several state societies accompanied by a circular let- 
ter, dated May 15th, 1784, signed by the president, and the ao- 
ceptance and adoption of the same by them. 



PROCEEDINGS 

OF THE 

GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI, 

AT THEIR SEVERAI. 

TRIENNIAL AND EXTRA-GENERAL MEETINGS, 
HELD AT PHILADELPfllA. 



TRIENNIAL MEETING, 

MAY, 1787. 

PRESENT NINE STATE SOCIETIES REPRESENTED. 

It appears from the proceedings of this meeting that several of 
the state societies of the Cincinnati had not agreed to the alter- 
ations in the institution proposed at the last general meeting in 
1784, and that those alterations cannot take effect, until they 
have been agreed to by all the state societies ; and it appearing 
to be the general sense of the said societies, that some alterations 
in the institution ought to be made, and that such alterations 
as may be necessary, could not conveniently and effectually be 
made, but at a general meeting of the society of the Cincinnati 
specially authorised to agree upon and finally establish the same, 
it was therefore 

"Resolved, That it be recommended to the several state soci- 
eties to empower their delegates to agree upon and finally estab- 
lish such alterations as may be necessary in the constitution of 
the society.'' 



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EXTRA-GENERAL MEETING, 

MAY, 1788. 
Same resolve renewed. 



TRlh^NNIAL MEETING, 

MAY, 1790, 

Seven societies represented, being barely a quorum to do 
business, and only fifteen members present, 

" Resolved, Tliat an extra-general meeting beheld in the city 
of Philadelphia, on the first Monday in May, 1791." 

And the same recommendatory resolve was passed as in 1787. 



EXTRA-GENERAL MEETING, 

MAY, 1791. 

Nine societies represented, passed similar recommendatory 
resolve, as in 1787. 



TRIENNIAL MEETING, 

MAY, 1793. 

Seven states represented, and but eleven members present, 
" Unanimously resolved, That the several state societies of the 
Cincinnati be again strongly enjoined to send forward a full re- 
presentation to the next triennial general meeting to be held in 
the city of Philadelphia, on the first Monday in May, 1796, fully 
empowered to agree upon and finally establish all such altera- 
tions as may be thought necessary, in the general constitution 
of the Cincinnati, 



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That it be recommended to the state societies to resolve that 
any amendments or alterations in the institution of the society 
of tlie Cincinnati, Avhich may be concurred in by the represen- 
tation of seven state societies, in the next general meeting, shall 
be obligatory upon them, and inviolably observed by every state 
society, although not therein represented ; and to transmit such 
resolve duly authenticated to the secretary-general." 



TRIENNIAL MEETING, 



MAY 6, 171)6. 
(circular.) 



To the President of the Massachusetts State Society of the 

Cincinnati. 

PUILADELPHIA, MaY 6, 1796. 

Sir, 

The general society of the Cincinnati, convened agreeably to 
the original constitution, regret the necessity by which they are 
compelled to address the state societies in the language of com- 
plaint and remonstrance ; but anxious to perpetuate the benev- 
olent motives, by which the officers of the American Army were 
actuated at the trumphant close of an arduous eight years' con- 
test, they cannot forbear remarking on the supine, and, as they 
conceive, reprehensible conduct of the state societies, in thus 
repeatedly neglecting their representations in the general 
meeting. 

Representatives, only from the societies of Rhode Island, Con- 
necticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina, have 
met at this time ; and being incompetent to any other purposes 
of their appointment than the choice of officers for the ensuing 
three years, they are obliged, after several days unavailing at- 
tendance, to adjourn. 

The inconvenience to delegates, who are sent from remote 
parts of the Union, and the expense incurred by these fruitles-s 
attempts to transact the business of the society, are lost in the 



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more iiuporlant consideretioii that the very existence of the soci- 
ety is endangered by tlie continued inattention of tlie state soci- 
eties, wliich inattention is by some, and not without apparent 
cause, construed into a designed dereliction of tlic institution 
itself 

The objects of the triennial meetings of 1790 and 1793, and 
of the extra meetings of 1788 and 1701, have all failed, from this 
iinaccountable apathy on the part of some of the state societies ; 
and even the proposed alteration of the constitution, which was 
deemed of sufficient importance to have claimed the immediate 
and animated attention of every state society, has shared the 
fate of other propositions, and remains yet undetermined. 

To facilitate the discussion of this primary object, and to ren- 
der the final decision thereon as certain and convenient as pos- 
sible, it was proposed to the state societies, by the general meet- 
ing in 1793, that they should pass resolutions, to bo transmitted 
to the secretary general, declaring the consent of seven states, 
in general meeting, competent to make such alterations in the 
original constitution, as should l)e thought advantageous and nec- 
essary. It is painful to observe, that answers from five state soci- 
eties only have yet been made to this interesting communication. 

The delegates to the present general meeting actuated by the 
spirit of their constituents, and alarmed at the indifference 
which has hitherto prevailed, beg leave most earnestly to solicit 
the attention of such state societies, as have heretofore neglected 
it, to this important object ; and they recommend that every ex- 
ertion be made towards completing the state representations in 
the next triennial general meeting, and to guard against the 
consequence of any failure therein, it is requested that the sev- 
eral state societies would, in the intermediate time, transmit 
their resolutions, relative to the requisition of 1793, to the sec- 
retary general. 

When the objects contemplated in this recommendation and 
request are consid:red, when it is understood that the means of 
improving the intercourse between state and general meetings, 
a final decision on the constitution, and even the duration of 
the society, may depend on what is now to be done by the state 
societies, the general meeting cannot but be persuaded of a 



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prompt and effectual compliance with what they here respect- 
fully propose, and anxiously enjoin upon their brethren of the 
state societies. 

Thomas Mifflin, vice-president. 

John S. Dexter, Rhode Island. 

T> • • m II ' J i Connecticut. 

Eenjamin Tallmadge, ) 

Elias Boudinot, ) 

Aai-on Ogden, > New Jersey. 

Joseph Bloomtield, ) 

Thomas M'Kean, ^ 

Stephen Moylan, [ ^ , . 

T,- I 1 r. I ' > rennsylvama. 

Kichard Feters, [ •' 

William Jackson, J 

Thomas H. M'Calla, ^ 

Thomas Tudor Tucker, l o ri r 
r jr 1 /> ^- Carolina, 

James Kennedy, ( 

John Markland. j 



TRIENNIAL MEETING, 

MAY, 1799. 

PRESENT. 

Delegates from New Jersey and Pennsylvania: — not being 
sufficient societies represented to fonn a quorum, 

" It was moved by General Dayton and seconded by General 
Beatty, that when the general society adjourn, they adjourn to 
meet in the city of Philadelphia on the first Monday in May 
next." 

" It was resolved, that the secretary general be instnicted to 
write to the presidents of the several state societies, transmitting 
a copy of the letter which was addressed to the state societies by 
the delegates to the last general meeting, and urging in the 
most pointed terms, the necessity of a particular attention to the 
objects therein enjoined." 



2'S 



ADJOURNED GENP]RAL MEETING, 

Philadelphia, May 0, 1800. 

PRESENT. 

Major William Jackson, secretary general. 



nr.r.EGATKs. 



General Shepherd, 
Mr. Edwards, 
Rev. Dr. Hitchcock, 
General Huntington 
Colonel Talmadge, 
Colonel Lawrence, 
General Dayton, 
General Bloomfield, 
General Beatty, 
General Moylan, 
Colonel Pickering, 
Mr. Bingham, 
Mr. Biddle, 
Mr. Peters, 
General Howard, 
General Smith, 
Major Pinckney, 
Captain Markland, 
Colonel Pickering chosen 



Massachusetts. 
Rhode Island. 
Connecticut. 
New York. 

New Jersey. 



^ 



)> Pennsylvania. 



Maryland. 

South Carolina, 
chairman of the meeting. 



Credentials from the following state societies to their delegates 
to the present general meeting, were read and filed. 
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, 

Rhode Island, Maryland, 

Connecticut, South Carolina. 

New Jersey, 

The following circular letter from the secretary general to 
the presidents of the several state societies, transmitting a copy 
of the letter which was addressed by the general meeting of May, 
1796, to the state societies, was laid before the meeting. 



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Philadelphia, May 24, ITUVt. 
Sir, 

In pursuance of an instruction by the delegates who attended 
the last general meeting of the Cincinnati, I do myself the honor 
to transmit to you a copy of the letter, which was addressed by 
the general meeting of 1796 to the several state societies, which 
you will be pleased to lay before your state society at their next 
annual meeting. 

It is intended by again submitting this interesting letter to 
the consideration of" the state societies, to call their attention, in 
the most earnest manner.^ to the important objects which it 
enjoins. 

The delegates to the general meeting, appointed to be held in 
this city, on the first Monday of the present month, not consti- 
tuting a quorum to transact any other business than the election 
of officers for the ensuing three years, resolved to adjourn the 
general meeting to the first Monday in May next, and to request 
that the several state societies would appoint and instruct dele- 
gates to attend at fhe city of Philadelphia on that day. 

It was supposed that every doubt of a full representation, and 
punctual attendance, might be obviated by suggesting to the 
state societies the expediency of appointing such of their mem- 
bers as would be attendant on the federal government, delegates 
to the general meeting of the Cincinnati, which is to be held in 
this city on the first Monday in May next. 

Permit me to solicit your particular attention to this com- 
munication ; and to assure you of the respectful attachment, with 
which I have the honor to be. Sir, 

Your faithful and obedient servant, 

WILLIAM JACKSON, 
Secretary general of the Cincinnati. 

It was moved by Mr. Bingham, and seconded by General 
Bloomfield, 

That a respectful testimonial to the memory of General 
WASHINGTON be entered on the records of the general society 
of the Cincinnati, which was unanimously agreed to ; and 



Mr. Bingham, Major Pinckney, and General Dayton were 
appointed a committee to prepare and report the same. 

On motion, 

General Bloomfield, Dr. Hitchcock, and General Huntington, 
were appointed a committee to examine the records of the soci- 
ety ; and report to this meeting, the state of the institution. 

Adjourned. 



MAY 7, 1800. 



PKESENT. 



Colonel Pickering, Chairman. 

Major Jackson, Secretary general. 

General Macpherson, Treasurer general. 

Mr. Bingham, from the committee appointed for that purpose, 
reported the following testimonial of respect to the momory of 
General WASHINGTON, which was twice read, unanimously 
agreed to, and ordered to be entered on the records of the soci- 
ety, as the first act of the present general meeting after its or- 
ganization. 



•jr. 




Under the most profound impression of veneration and affec- 
tion, the society of the Cincinnati, at a general meeting, are 
called upon upon to express the mournful tribute of their sor- 
row at that awful dispensation of Providence, which has recently 
removed from their councils, their much revered and lamented 
president-general. 

The arduous, though successful struggle which terminated in 
estabhshing the liberties of our country, and in which they 
fought under his banners, and shared with him the dangers and 
toils of the fields, attached him to this society by ties, of the 
most intimate and endearing nature. His valor and prudence 
seemed to control the events of war, led the American armies to 
victory, and achieved the independence of their country. Whilst 
mingling their tears with those of their fellow citizens, they are 
naturally impelled to pour out the effusions of a deeper regret 
for the irreparable loss which they have sustained. 

But it is not only in their relationship to this illustrious char- 
acter, as soldiers, that the society of the Cincinnati have cause 
to deplore his loss. 

When the storm of war had ceased to rage, and the blessings 
of peace had been restored, their country was suffering under 
the weakness of a confederation which threatened the existence 
of that union, which their joint efforts in arms had so essentially 
contributed to establish. 

With his auspicious co operation, a constitution was formed, 
calculated by its wisdom and energy, to redeem us from that 
prostrate state, to which we had been reduced, and to restore 
that reputation which our country had lost, from the imbecility 



of the old system. The administration of the government was 
committed to his care, and his country will ever hold in grateful 
rememhrance, the inflexible virtue and fortitude, with which he 
conducted its affairs, and saved it from the effects of domestic 
faction and foreign intrigue. 

After a second retirement from the active scenes of public life, 
in which his merits as a statesman rivalled his fame as a soldier, 
his country at the approach of danger, again required his serv- 
ices. The crisis was important, and the situation delicate ; a 
nation, which had mingled its blood with ours in the defence of 
our liberties, had now assumed a hostile appearance ; a war from 
this unexpected quarter threatened the peace of our country. 

WASHINGTON, who never hesitated when urged by a sense 
of duty, obeyed the call of the government. He again aban- 
doned his beloved retirement, hazarded a reputation, consummate 
in every point of view, and assumed the command of the armies. 
His military companions who had frequently witnessed the mag- 
nanimity of his conduct in seasons of adversity, as well as of tri- 
umph, felt the full force of their country's appeal to arms, whilst 
WASHINGTON was their leader. 

In this momentous crisis of our affairs, by the inscrutable de- 
crees of Heaven, he was snatched from America and the world. 

Under this pressure of calamity, which more peculiarly oper- 
ates upon the sensibilities of this society, their only consolation 
is derived from the animating reflection, that although he is 
summoned to the enjoyment of the happy destinies of a future 
state, the bright example of his virtues and talents will still sur- 
vive, and the inheritance of his name prove a future incentive 
to heroes and legislators, who will strive to emulate his fame, 
and merit the glory he has acquired. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE, 

UPOX THE 

STATE OF THE INSTITUTION, AT THE MEETING, 

MAY. 1800. 



General Bloomfield, from the committee appointed to examine 
the records of the society and report to this meeting the state 
of the institution, made report as follows : 

The committee, appointed to examine the records of the soci- 
ety and to report to this meeting the state of the institution, as 
relative to the alteration of the constitution, which was proposed 
by the general meeting held in the city of Philadelphia, in the 
year 1784, beg leave to report. 

That on inspecting the documents in the possession of the sec- 
retary general, they do not find that any additional communica- 
tions have been made from the several state societies, since the 
circular letter from the general meeting of 1796, on the subject 
of the proposed alteration above referred to. 

From the silence which the state societies have observed, after 
the pressing circular letters of the general meeting, your com- 
mittee are led to conclude, that they do not accede to the pro- 
posed reform ; and your committee conceive therefrom that they 
are authorised to report to the general meeting — 

That the institution of the society of the Cincinnati, remains 
as it was originally proposed and adopted by the officers of the 
American Army at their cantonments on the banks of the Hud- 
son River, in 1788. 

Joseph Bloomfield, ^ 

Enos Hitchcock, > Committee, 

Eben. Huntington. ) 

May 7th, 1800. 



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AVhicli report, on motion ot General Smith, seconded by 
Colonel Lawrence, was unanimously adopted. 

It was moved by Major Pinckney, seconded by General 
Howard, 

That a majority of the state societies, which shall convene in 
general meeting, is competent to recommend alterations in the 
constitution, which alterations, being afterwards assented to by 
seven state societies, shall be binding on all the state societies. 
— Provided, the consent to such alterations be reported, by the 
societies agreeing to the same, to the next general meeting. 

They ayes and noes on the foregoing resokition being taken 
by state societies, are as follows : 



Massachusetts, 


No. 


Rhode Island, 


No. 


Connecticut, 


No. 


New York, 


No. 


New Jersey, 


No. 


Pennsylvania, 


No. 


Maryland, 


Divided, 


South Carolina, 


Divided, 



So it passed in the negative. 

On motion of General Smith, seconded by General Hunt- 
ington, 

It was resolved, that the next meeting of the general society 
be held at the seat of the government of the United States, on 
the first Monday of May, 1802. 

Adjourned. 

WM. JACKSON, Secretary general. 



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GENERAL TRIENNIAL MEETING. 

City op "Washington, May, 1802. 

Seven states not being represented, no business was done ex- 
cept to recommend that the next triennial meeting be held in 
Philadelphia. 



TRIENNIAL MEETING. 

Philadelphia, May, 1805, 

Gen. Elias Dayton, Chairman. 

Three state societies only being represented, nothing was 
done but to elect officers of the general society. 



GENERAL MEETING. 

Philadelphia, Nov. 1848. 

The Secretary General reported in pursuance of a previous 
order, that he found nothing touching the election or terms of 
members, since the recognition of the original institution in Ma}', 
1800, except tho following extract from minutes of General 
Meeting, held May 4th, 1829, viz. : 

" A question having arisen whether, in case of a member 
having no male issue except a grandson, the issue of a daughter, 
such grandchild shall be preferred to (male) collaterals, the so- 
ciety conceives the true construction of the constitution to be 
that the grandson shall be preferred, he being in the direct line 
of descent." 

At this meeting the following resolutions were adopted on 
motion of Colonel Scott, of New Jersey, seconded by Colonel 
Robinson, viz. : 

That a committee be appointed 



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1st. To inquire and report to tliis Society if it be not expedi- 
ent and proper to suspend, alter or abrogate the limitation with 
regard to the admission of members. 

2d. To inquire and report what alterations in the by-laws are 
necessary and proper on the subject of the admission of members. 

And the committee was appointed, to consist of the Chairman 
Mr. Daveis, Colonel Scott and Governor Pish. 

At the Reg-ular Triennial Meeting in the city of New York, 
May, 1851, the committee named in the above proceedings, 
presented separate reports, which were drawn up without the 
advantage of previous consultation and concurrence, and which 
were ordered to be blended and united with certain provisional 
ordinances, relative to the succession and admission of members, 
to be presented for the consideration and adoption of the several 
state societies ; and such ordinances were accordingly framed 
and submitted to those societies. 

At the TRIENNIAL Meeting at Baltimore, May 17, 1854, Del- 
egates present from every state society. 

It appearing, from the secretary general's report of the com- 
munications made to him upon the subject, that several state 
societies had not concurred in the ordinances relative to the suc- 
cession and admission of members proposed to their action at 
the last general meeting, it was announced by the President 
general (according to the minutes ordered to be corrected at the 
ensuing meeting at Charleston, S. C, in 1855,) that tlic same, 
not having received the assent of all the state societies, have 
failed to be adopted. 

The final action of the general society will be found herein- 
after in connection with the proceedings of the society of Mas- 
sachusetts, in relation to the succession and admission of mem- 
bers. And it has not been thought necessary to do more, in re- 
lation to the previous action of the general society on this subject, 
than to refer to the records of the general society for a fuller 
account thereof. 



A special meeting of the general society was held at Trenton, 
N. J., May 21, 185G,at which delegates from every state society 
were present. 

The President general the Vice-President general and Mr. 
Tilghman were appointed a committee to prepare a report for 
the next Triennial meeting on the subject of the constitution of 
the society and all matters properly relating thereto. 

Triennial General Meeting, at Boston, May 27, 1857. 
Present, delegates from Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, 
Pennsylvania and Maryland. 

The committee on Foreign members made a report of progress 
and was continued. 

The committee on the constitution of the society and matters 
relative thereto reported progress ; and after some discussion 
had upon the subject of these appointments, on motion of Mr. 
Sever, of Massachusetts, seconded by Mr. Thompson, of New 
York, the committee was continued, and empowered to print 
and distribute their report in anticipation of the next meet- 
ing of the society. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS 

OP THE 

SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI 

OF 

MASSACHUSETTS. 



The first meeting of the subscribing members was holden at 
the cantonments of the Massachusetts line, on the banks of the 
Hudson, on the 9th of June, 1783 ; and at the adjourned meet- 
ing on the 20th of the same month, the State Society was or- 
ganized by a choice of president and the other officers, together 
with a standing committee for the year, and by directing the 
mode in which they were to discharge the powers and duties 
intrusted to them. 

The next meeting was holden at Boston, on the 18th of Feb- 
ruary, 1784. At this meeting five delegates were elected to at- 
tend the general meeting in Philadelphia ; and a committee of 
three for each county in the commonwealth was chosen to in- 
quire into the situation of distressed members. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING ON THE 5th OP JuLY, 1784, the in- 
stitution, as altered and amended at the general meeting of the 
delegates from the state societies at Philadelphia, on the 3d of 
May, of that year, was submitted to the members present for 
their consideration and confirmation. 

And it was voted to petition the legislature to grant a charter 
of incorporation to the society. It was also determined that the 
right of joining the society should be limited to the present 
month, with the exception of those officers who had previously 
applied to sign the constitution ; and with the further exception 
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of the officers of the navy, who were allowed one year more for 
that purpose. 

Annual meeting, July 4, 1786. The society voted to give 
special instructions to their delegates respecting the general 
constitution, as altered and amended at Philadelphia in May, 
1784. On the 11th of October of this year, in consequence of 
a dangerous insurrection in the state, the society passed a num- 
ber of resolves, expressive of their abhorrence of the nefarious 
acts of the insurgents, and of their determination to support the 
government at every hazard ; and also agreed upon a petition to 
the legislature, respecting the depreciated state of their funds 
and public securities. 

At a SPECIAL MEETING ON THE IIth OF APRIL, 1787, the Com- 
mittee of thirteen, who at the preceding July meeting were ap- 
pointed to draw up instructions for the delegates to the next 
triennial meeting of the general society, were authorized as a 
standing' committee to meet monthly, to examine the claims of 
candidates for admission, and to transact all such other matters 
as might come before them for the best interests of the society ; 
five members to constitute a quorum. The general powers of 
this committee were indefinite. This was the origin of the 
standing committee, to which the admmistration of the funds 
and the general affairs of the society have been, since, uniformly 
intrusted. 

At this meeting, it was voted that an oration should be de- 
livered before the society on the 4th of the ensuing July ; and 
the standing committee were authorized to solicit and appoint a 
member for this purpose, and at their discretion to direct all the 
necessary arrangements suitable to the occasion.* 

At the ANNUAL MEETING ON THE 4th OF JuLY, 1787, it was re- 
solved, that a committee of thirteen be annually chosen, to be 

* There were six of these Orations, delivered by the foUowing members: — 

General Brooks - - - in 1787 

General Hull ... " 1788 

Doctor Whitwell - . . « i789 

Colonel Tudor ... " 1790 

Doctor Eustis ... " 1791 

Thomas Edwards, Esq: - « 1792 

The four first of which were printed. 



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called the standing committee, with similar powers to those given 
the committee the preceeding year ; and that the officers of the 
society should be members thereof, ex officio ; and that five 
members should constitute a quorum for transacting business. 
The proceedings of the general meeting holden at Philadelphia 
were read ; and it was voted that the recommendation included 
in said proceedings, for a special general meeting on the first 
Monday in May next ensuing, should be complied with. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING ON THE 4th OF JuLY, 1788, a letter 
from the delegates to the general society was read, and referred 
to the standing committee, to act thereon according to their 
best discretion. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING ON THE 4tH OF JULY, 1789, a VOtO 

passed, granting relief to a distressed member ; the first instance 
of the bounty of the society having been solicited. Four dele- 
gates were selected to attend the general meeting the following 
May, who were instructed to strictly follow the instructions 
given to the delegates to the triennial meeting in 1786. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLY, 1790, a circular letter from the 
secretary-general was read. Five delegates were appointed to at- 
tend the general meeting atPhiladelphia,and the standing commit- 
tee was directed to give instructions to the members who should 
attend the general meeting, conforming to those formerly given 
by the society. The public securities belonging to the society 
were ordered to be registered in the books of the society, and 
the treasurer to give bond to the satisfaction of the standing 
committee for the faithful discharge of his trust. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLY 4, 1791, the state of the funds 
was laid before the society. Circular letters from the secretary- 
general accompanied with the proceedings of the general society 
holden at Philadelphia in May, were read and referred to the 
standing committee ; as were also the proceedings of the extra 
general meeting. The standing committee now chosen were 
authorized and empowered to afford relief to such subjects as 
were intended to be thus aided by our original association ; not 
more than twenty dollars to be granted to an individual, nor 
more than one-fourth part of the annual interest of the funds 
to be thus appropriated. 



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At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLY, 1792, it was determined that 
no person in future should be admitted a member but by ballot. 
At this meeting the vote passed of ordering that the standing 
committee of the last year, should serve as such for the ensuing 
year. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLY 4, 1793, the proceedings of the 
general society at the fourth triennial meeting were laid before 
the society, and were referred for consideration to the next an- 
nual meeting. A standing committee was chosen by ballot, 
and invested with the usual powers. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLY 4, 1794, an assistant-secretary 
and an assistant-treasurer were chosen ; and it was ordered that 
in future the expenses of the annual dinner should be defrayed 
out of the interest created by the funds. And the treasurer 
was directed to reserve a sufficient sum for the expenses of the 
annual festival of the society, and that portion of the interest ap- 
propriated to the benevolent purposes of the society, and to vest 
the remainder in pubHc stock. The original diplomas then on 
hand were ordered to be delivered to the members applying for 
the same, at two dollars each, and it was ordered that the money 
thence arising should be appropriated to refund the same sum to 
those members who had paid four dollars for their certificates. 

At a special meeting of the society on the Sd dap of February, 
1796, five delegates were chosen to attend the general meeting, 
any three of them, and no more, to go on. And the treasurer was 
directed to advance to each gentleman who should proceed, one 
hundred dollars, and their whole expenses were to be defrayed 
by the society. It was further voted, that such amendments as 
should be agreed upon at the general meeting, shall become a 
part of the institution, and binding on the several state societies, 
as soon as the same shall be ratified by nine of those societies ; 
but that no alteration with respect to the funds shall be admit- 
ted, so as in any way to affect the exclusive possession and en- 
tire control of the same, as now invested in each separate state 
association. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLY 4, 1796, it was voted that the 
standing committee distribute the entire annual interest of the 
funds, not otherwise appropriated by the society, among the un- 



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fortunate members, or their widows or orphans, at such times 
and in such proportions, as the committee shall think proper. 
And in order that distant objects may not suffer from a want of 
information of the time and place of distribution, the committee 
were instructed to give public notice of their meetings for this 
purpose, to whom applications might be made, and when the 
money granted should be paid, in order that the bounty might 
be as equally and extensively shared, as originally contemplated 
by the institution. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING OP JuLY 4, 1798, an address was 
voted to the President of the United States, on the critical 
and menacing aspect of the country, as it respected the French 
Republic, and pledging the society to support their government 
with all their energies. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING JuLT 4, 1799, Voted, that a delega- 
tion of three members be sent to the general meeting at Phila- 
delphia the ensuing May ; and that this meeting be adjourned 
to the third Wednesday in January following; and that the 
standing committe be directed and empowered to report what 
measures should be adopted in consequence of the circular letter 
from the triennial meeting, and of the following letter and pro- 
ceedings of the state society of South Carolina. 



LETTER FROM THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI OF THE 
STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. 

To the President and Members of the SOCIETY OF THE 
CINCINNA TI in the State of Massachusetts. 

Gentlemen, 

By a resolution of the Society of the Cincinnati, established 
in the state of South Carolina, we herewith transmit a copy of a 
report for the perpetuation of the same, recommended by a com- 
mittee appointed to consider the most eligible plan for the ac- 
complishment of so desirable an event, and adopted accordingly. 

We consider it as a duty to our brethren and fellow soldiers 
in the several states throughout the Union, together with the 



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communication of the report in question, to give a brief state- 
ment of the reasons which caused it to be sanctioned by the full- 
est approbation of the society, and confidently hope, that they 
will appear to them as to ourselves, strongly impressive of the 
necessity which gave them birth. 

It is a melancholy truth, that in a climate but too apt to in- 
crease the infirmities of human nature, and sap the constitution 
of man — that deaths have been particularly frequent among the 
soldiers of the Revolutionary war. Already enfeebled by the se- 
verity of service, the encroachments of disease have been rapid, 
and fatally destructive, insomuch that by far the greater pro- 
portion of original members, composing the state society, have 
been hurried by its progress to an untimely grave ; and to the 
few who yet existed (withoiit the application of some effectual 
remedy) no prospect remained but its speedy and total extinc- 
tion. 

Under such circumstances, nothing could appear more natu- 
ral than that men originally associated in the noblest cause that 
ever did honor to humanity, animated by the same spirit, in a 
virtuous struggle for liberty, their friendships increased by their 
difficulties, and often cemented with their blood, should wish 
to see renewed in their posterity, those ties of affection which in 
the hour of contention lightened the calamities of war, and en- 
hanced, when peace and independence were obtained, by the ex- 
change of reciprocal good offices, every blessing they bestow. 

To our country, every institution that can cherish in the 
youthful mind an ambition to excel in honorable pursuits, must 
necessarily be of the highest importance. To those who aro 
deemed worthy, the door is now opened for admission ; and at 
a critical period like the present, when the heart of every Amer- 
ican youth beats high with just indignation at the insults offered 
his country, we hope that an opportunity of admission into our 
ancient society will operate as a strong incentive to activity and 
vigorous exertion, that cannot fail to produce the most decidedly 
beneficial effects. 

We think it, in addition to these motives, only necessary to 
add — That our funds collected for the purposes of benevolence 
and humanity, and hitherto appropriated to the relief of such of 



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ir unfortunate brethren as have sunk under the pressure 
disease or misfortune, were likely to pass into other hands, an^. 
be diverted into different cliannels. To avoid which, and for 
the reasons already declared, the report has met with the sanc- 
tion of our society, and we fondly hope will be countenanced by 
the approbation of our fellow soldiers throughout United 
America. 

With the highest respect an esteem, we are, gentlemen, your 
most obedient servants. 

Alexander Garden, ^ 
William Read, > Committee. 

J. Reid, ) 

Charleston, May 23, 1799. 



From the Journals of the SOCIETY OF THE CINCIN- 
NATI of the State of South Carolina. 

" March 4, 1799. The committee who were appointed at the 
last meeting to digest the report of the committee, for perpetu- 
ating the society, as agreed the 25th ult. reported the same, 
which Avas read, adopted, and is as follows ; 

REPORT 

" That it be recommended as a line of conduct for this society 
in future to observe, should the general society not think proper 
to adopt a system for perpetuating the same — 

" 1. That all the sons of original members, and all the male 
descendants of any original members, whether such descent be 
derived through a male or female branch, or of such officers, as 
having served with reputation, died during the last war, or hav- 
ing been entitled to become members, died within six months 
after the army was disbanded, who may be judged worthy of 
becoming its members and supporters, may be elected into this 
society on application, after attaining the age of twenty-one years, 
provided three-fourths of a legal quarterly meeting are in his 
favor. That each member so elected shall pay into the hands 



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of the treasurer, for the use of the fund, the sum of thirty 
dollars. 

" 2. That all the officers, commissioned, staff, or brevet, who 
have served in the army or navy of the United States since the 
peace with Great Britain, for six years, and who still continue 
therein, or who, after having served as aforesaid for six years, 
left the service with reputation, or who shall have been deranged 
by any act or resolution of the Congress of the United States, 
after having served with reputation for three years, and all those 
who are or shall hereafter be appointed to a command in the 
army or navy of the United States, commissioned, brevet, or 
staff, and who shall have served therein with reputation for six 
years, or who shall be deranged by any act or resolution of Con- 
gress, after a service with reputation of three years, may be ad- 
mitted into this society, upon application, by election, provided 
three-fourths of a legal quarterly meeting aie in his favor, and 
upon payment of one month's pay into the treasury of this so- 
ciety, according to the respective ranks of the applicants for ad- 
mission. 

" 8. No election shall be valid, without the name of the can- 
didate shall be openly proposed, at a regular quarterly meeting 
previous to the quarterly meeting, at which the ballot shall 
be held. 



TESTIMONIAL OF HONOR. 

Special meeting op the society, 15th Jan., 1800. 

Ordered, that the members of the society continue to wear a 
black crape cockade in the hat till the 5th day of July next, as 
a badge of mourning for their deceased president-general, 
GEORGE WASHINGTON ; and that an oration be delivered, 
by a member to be appointed by the standing committee, at the 
anniversary meeting in July, commemorative of the American 
revolution, and of the heroic virtues and talents which distin- 
guished the eventful life of that illustrious man. 



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At this meeting the Standing Committee made the following 

report, viz : 

The standing committee of the society of the Cincinnati of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to whom was referred a circu- 
lar letter from the general meeting held in Philadelphia, May 
24, 1799, together with a letter from the society of South Car- 
olina, dated May 23, 1799, and sundry other proceedings of the 
general meeting, report as follows : 

By the first institution of the society, formed A. D. 1783, the 
officers of the American army associated " to endure as long as 
they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in 
failure thereof, the collateral branches ivho may be judged ivor 
thy of becoming members," &c. By this institution, the eldest 
male branches of officers who died in the service, had also a 
riglit to become members. 

In the year 1784, an alteration of the original institution 
was proposed by the general meeting, and transmitted to the 
several state societies. By this constitution, the hereditary suc- 
cession was done away without substituting any means of 
preserving the existence of the society. 

On the 4th of July, 1784, the institution, " as altered and 
amended," was accepted by the society of Massachusetts. 

July 4, 1786 : The Massachusetts society voted as follows, 
viz : " That the vote of the society, passed July 4, 1784, accept- 
ing the institution as altered and amended, be reconsidered so 
far as to give instructions to the delegates to be chosen to the 
next general meeting respecting the said institution." 

In April, 1787, instructions were given. These instructions 
provided that vacancies should be supplied by elections from 
the eldest male heirs of deceased members, and that no altera- 
tions should be made by virtue of which the funds could be 
removed from the possession and control of the state societies. 
With these instructions, delegates went on from Massachusetts. 
Nothing done. 

In 1789, they were given again in substance. Nothing done. 

In 1791, continued ; and nothing effected. 

The general meeting recommended to the state societies to 
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pass votes rendering valid the proceedings of seven states pres- 
ent at a general meeting. This was in 1793. 

By which it appears, that, as the vote of Massachusetts, 
" accepting the institvition as altered and amended," was after- 
wards reconsidered, and as a number of the other state societies 
did not accept the same, the society rests on the original insti- 
tution of A. D. 1783. 

The committee now propose the following votes for the 
consideration of the society : 

1. In lieu of the hereditary succession provided by the 
original institution, it is the opinion of this society, that vacan- 
cies should be supplied by an election of members by ballot, in 
which the eldest male heir of a deceased officer should be con- 
sidered the candidate, and that the assent of three-fourths of 
the members present at a regular meeting, should be necessary 
to his admission ; and in case such candidate should fail to be 
admitted by the before mentioned majority, the next eldest 
male heir should become the next candidate, and so on until 
an election should be effected. 

2. That all such alterations and amendments of the institu- 
tion of the Cincinnati as shall be concurred in by the represen- 
tatives of seven state societies present in the next general 
meeting, shall be obligatory, and inviolably observed by every 
state society ; excepting that no alteration or amendment shall 
be made or become obligatory by virtue of which the funds 
shall be removed from the possession and control of the state 
societies. 

3. That the delegates to the next general meeting be fur- 
nished with an attested copy of tlie preceding votes for their 
instruction and government ; and that in any other alterations 
which may be proposed, the society confide in their discretion 
and judgment to make such decision as shall promote the 
honor and interests of the institution. 

Which report, having been read and considered, was accept- 
ed and confirmed by the society. 

Annual meeting in July, 1800. The proceedings of the 
general meeting at Philadelpliia, in the preceding month of 
May, were laid before the society. Voted, — That the standing 



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committee procure three hundred printed copies of the original 
institution, togetlier witli tlie names of tlie original members of 
tliis state association for the use of the society. 

Annual meeting, July, 1801. Voted, — That the standing 
committee consist oi fifteen members, witli the usual powers; 
and that seven members form tlie quorum for granting any 
money. 

Special meeting on the 7th of April, 1802. A letter from 
the secretary-general, urging the attendance of delegates at the 
triennial meeting at Washington, on the first Monday of May 
next ensuing, was read, and thereupon it was voted. That two 
members be sent, with instructions conformable to the resolu- 
tions of the society adopted in January, 1800. 

Annual meeting in 1803. Ordered, that tlie standing com- 
mittee be instructed to prefer a memorial to the legislature, at 
such time as they shall think most proper, for an act of incor- 
poration for the better security and management of the 
society's funds. 

Annual meeting, July 1804. A letter from a number of 
members of this society, then inhabitants of the state of Ohio, 
was read and referred to the standing committee specially to 
consider the same, and report at the next annual meeting. 

At the annual meeting in July, 1805, The standing com- 
mittee, to whom was referred the petition of General Rnfus 
Putnam, and our other brethren resident in the state of Ohio, 
praying that a certain proportion of this state society's funds, 
equal to what they, the petitioners, originally subscribed and 
paid in, may be refunded and transmitted them for the purpose 
of forming a fund for a society of Cincinnati, which they have 
thought proper to create in that state — After having maturely 
considered the subject of said petition, and given it all that 
deliberate and candid attention, which is so justly due to their 
distant and respected brothers, find themselves compelled unan- 
imously to report, that the prayer of said petition cannot be 
acceded to, and for the following reasons : 

1. By the constitution of the society it was clearly intended 
to form one family of brethren, to consist of thirteen cantons, 
and no more, forever. Nor is there any provision either ex- 



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pressed or implied, given, either to the general meeting, or to 
either of the state societies, to create any additional society, or 
to transfer any part of the original funds for this pui'pose. 

2. The stock of the Massachusetts Cincinnati was expressly 
subscribed and paid into the treasury for the exclusive use of 
the members of that state society, so long as they should con- 
tinue members, and no longer. Could a few individuals detach 
themselves, and erect another state society, others might with- 
draw themselves and funds, and erect branches in the same 
state ; and thus the strength and respectability of the original 
institution be weakened, and one of its most important objects 
be defeated. 

3. Should the request of the memorialists be acceded to, we 
should set a precedent, which might render us obnoxious to 
the censure of other state societies ; and our authority so to 
act disputed and denied by the general society ; and thus a 
spirit of discord be introduced, to the indefinite detriment of 
that union, upon which the common good of our institution is 
so dependent. 

Whilst bound to state this our dissent to a novel, and what 
we must consider an irregular proposal, we wish our worthy 
brethren of the Ohio, our faithful comrades in honor and in 
toil, to be assured of o\u luiabated friendship ; that we hold 
their subscriptions as a sacred deposit for their benefit, in com- 
mon with the other members ; and that if misfortune at any 
time should compel an application for pecuniary aid, we will 
most cheerfully and promptly give to it all the weight, which 
the individual would be entitled to, were he an inhabitant of 
any part of this commonwealth. 

Which report was unanimously accepted, and a copy of the 
same ordered to be transmitted by the secretary to brigadier- 
general Putnam, at Marietta. 

Annual meeting. July 4, 1806. Was holden the first meet- 
ing under the act of incorporation passed March 13, 1806, in 
the words following : 



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COMMONWEALTH OP MASSACHUSETTS. 

In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six. 

An act to incorporate Benjamin Lincoln and others into a 

society, by the name of Tlie Society of the Cincinnnati 

witliin tlie State of Massacliiisetts. 

"Whereas upon the dissolution of the American revolutionary 
army, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven luiudred and 
eighty three, Benjamin Lincoln and others, officers in the 
Massachusetts line of said army, did associate for the purpose 
of forming a fund to be forever thereafter appropriated for the 
relief of the indigent members of said association, and the 
widows and 'orphans of said members ; and in order to secure 
the said fund, and fulfil the charitaljle designs of the said insti- 
tution, have petitioned to be incorporated : 

Sect. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 
sentatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of 
the same. That the said Benjamin Lincoln and his associates, 
together with such others as may be admitted members of said 
association, be, and they hereby are incorporated into a society 
by the name of The Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, 
with power to have a common seal, to make contracts relative 
to the objects of the said charitable fund ; to sue and to be 
sued ; to establish by-laws and orders for the regulation of said 
society, and the preservation and application of the funds there- 
of, provided the same be not repugnant to the constitution and 
laws of this commonwealth ; and to take, hold, and possess any 
estate, real or personal, by subscription, gift, grant, purchase, 
devise, or otherwise ; and the same to improve, lease, exchange, 
or sell and convey for the sole benefit of said institution ; pro- 
vided, the value of the real estate of said society shall never 
exceed twenty thousand dollars, and the annual income of the 
whole estate of said society shall not exceed five thousand 
dollars. 

Sect. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said society shall 
meet in Boston on the fourth day of July annually (unless the 



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same should fall upon a Sunday, in which case the annual 
meeting shall always be holden on the day succeeding) for the 
purpose of electing by ballot, from their members, a president, 
vice president, treasurer, secretary, and such other officers as 
may be necessary to manage their concerns ; all which officers 
shall hold their said offices for one year, and until others shall 
be elected to succeed them ; and the officers for the time being 
shall publish a notification of the time and place of each annual 
meeting, in at least two newspapers, at least fourteen days be- 
fore holding the same. Upon any urgent occasion the president 
or vice-president, or in their absence, the secretary, may appoint 
a special meeting of said society, to be notified in the same 
manner as annual meetings. 

Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That the president, vice- 
president, and other officers of said society, chosen on the 
fourth day of July last, shall have the same authority to man- 
age the concerns thereof, as is hereby vested in like officers to 
be hereafter annually chosen : Provided nevertheless. That this 
act of incorporation shall be determinable at the pleasure of 
the legislature. 

This act passed March 13th, 1806. 

At this meeting a number of regulations were adopted and 
ordered to be standing rules of the society. But being after- 
wards introduced into, and forming a part of the " By-Laws 
and Rules of th3 Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati," 
enacted and ordered at the annual meeting in 1811, they are 
here omitted. 

At the Annual Meeting in July, 1810, Major General John 
Brooks was chosen president of the society, to supply the place 
of our venerable and much lamented president. General Benja- 
min Lincoln, who had presided as head of the society from the 
organization thereof, in 1783, to the 9tli of May, 1810, the day 
of his decease, with the entire approbation of every member, 
and the grateful tribute of his surviving comrades, for his happy 
guidance and affectionate attentions, during so long a period. 

At this meeting it was voted. That the thanks of the society 
be presented to William Eustis, Esq. for his long services as 
vice-president of the society, and that the secretary be directed 



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to communicate the same to Doctor Eustis, at Washington, and 
to express their regret that any circumstance should render it 
inconvenient for him to occupy a station which has been a 
source of so mucli honorable satisfaction to his associates. 



VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
TO BOSTON. 

June 24th, 1817. At a special meeting of the society called 
in view of the expected visit of James Monroe, President of the 
United States, to Boston, a congratulatory address to him as the 
second chief magistrate taken from the ranks of the Cincinnati, 
was unanimously adopted, to be presented on the ensuing anni- 
versary. Accordingly, on the 4th of July following, the society 
proceeded in a body to the head-quarters of the President at 
the Exchange Coffee House, where they presented to him, the 
address above referred to, to which he returned a feeling and 
affectionate reply. 

[See Records of the Society, pp 134, 139.] 



VISIT OF THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE TO BOSTON. 

Aug. 23, 1824. At a special meeting of the Society, called 
for the purpose of taking measures to welcome " our venerable 
and respected brother," the Marquis De Lafayette, on his return 
to our shores, after a lapse of forty years, an appropriate address 
was unanimously adopted, and a committee appointed to deter- 
mine the time and place of its presentation. On the 26th of 
August, the Society met, according to adjournment, and pro- 
ceeded in a body to the head-quarters of Gen. Lafayette, where, 
the address having been made to him, he was pleased to make 
a most kind and affectionate reply. 

[See Society Records, pp 161, 164.] 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, July 4th, 1825, Doctor David Town- 
send was chosen President of the Society, in place of Gen. John 



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Brooks, deceased. The Society by its vote, in lionor of their 
late president, recognized " his public services and private vir- 
tues and especially his faithful and honorable discharge of the 
duties of President of this Society, during the period of fifteen 
successive years, in which he manifested an ardent devotion to 
the interests of his Revolutionary compatriots," 

At the Annual Meeting, July 4, 1829, Major Judah Alden, 
of Duxbury, was chosen President of the Society in place of 
Dr. David Townsend, deceased. 
[Sec Soc. Eec. p 177.] 



DEATH OF LAFAYETTE. 

At the Annual Meeting, July 4, 1834, the decease of the 
Marquis De Lafayette, during the past year, having been an- 
nounced, resolutions were unanimously passed by the society in 
testimony of their respect for the memory of " that illustrious 
member of our fraternity, who was an ardent and efficient friend 
of our country in our struggle for civil liberty, and a fearless 
advocate of the rights of human nature, both in Europe and 
America." 

[See Records of the Society, pp 185, et seq.] 

At the Annual Meeting, July 4, 1845, Captain James Sever, 
of Kingston, was chosen President in place of Major Judah 
Alden, deceased, after a faithful service of fifteen years, which 
was appropriately noticed by the society. 

[See Records, p 207.] 

At this meeting it was " voted, that the admission of honora- 
ry members of the Cincinnati for life only, shall be confined to 
those who shall be the lineal descendants or representatives of 
those who were distinguished by eminent military virtue and 
service in the Revolutionary War." 

At this meeting, William H. Prescott, Esq., (the distinguished 
historian,) grandson of Col. Prescott, commander in tlie redoubt 
on Bunker Hill, on the 17tli of June, 1775, was admitted an 
honorary member. 



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At the annual meeting, July 4th, 184G, Col. Eenry Burbeck 
was chosen President of the Society, m place of Captain 
James Sever, deceased, whose services both in the army and 
navy were appropriately noticed by the society. 

[See Soc. Records, p. 209.] 

At the annual meeting, July 5th, 1847, Doctor John C. 
Warren, nearest descendant and representative of the name 
and blood of Gen. Joseph Warren, who fell at the Battle of 
Bunker Hill, and son of Doctor John Warren, who served in 
the army of the Revolution, was admitted as an honorary mem- 
ber of the Society. 

The Society took the necessary measures to procure a new 
fac simile engraving of the original diploma, with such altera- 
tions as were required by the amendment then made of the 8th 
By-Law, and for this purpose a committee was appointed with 
full power to cause a new copper plate to be engraved. 

A document or statement in the hand-writing of Dr. Wm. 
Eustis, of Boston, formerly Vice-President of the Society, 
found among his papers, was presented to the society by 
Judge Eustis, of Louisana. The object of the writer was to 
place upon record, the first movement in the Institution of the 
Society of the Cincinnati, so far as came to his own knowledge 
and observation ; — to certify and declare that the first syllable 
he ever heard of any association among the of^cers, came from 
Capt. Richmond, formerly of the Maryland line, then Aid de 
Camp to Maj. General Gates, sometime after the orders of Con- 
gress for disbanding the army were known in the Camp at New 
Windsor and West Point, in 1782 ; and to record his opinion 
and belief, that the society grew naturally out of a common im- 
pulse of affection among the officers, and from a desire to per- 
petuate their friendships and to commemorate their sufferings. 

Whereupon, it was voted, that the manuscript be copied into 
the records of the society, and placed upon its files. [Soc. Rec. 
p. 215.] 

Oct. 3d, 1848, at a special meeting of the society, called on 
the occasion of the death of its President, General Burbeck, the 
customary resolutions were passed, and ordered to be sent to the 
family of the deceased, and a delegation was appointed to attend 
his funeral in New London, Connecticut. 
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At the ANNUAL MEETING, JULY 4, 1849, RoBERT G. ShaW WRS 

chosen President of tlie Society in place of Capt. Henry Bur- 
beck, who died at New London, Connecticut, Oct. 2, 1848. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLT 4, 1850, Vuted, unanimously, 
that the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be, and hereby is 
appropriated, to be placed at the disposal of the standing commit- 
tee, towards erecting in the city of New London, Connecticut, 
a monument in memory of Henry Burbeck, late President of 
the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, and the last of the 
original members who filled that office. 

Voted, that the whole subject of the monument contemplated 
in the foregoing vote be referred to the standing committee, who 
are hereby instructed to carry the same into eflect. 



At the ANNUAL meeting, July 4, 1851, The Hon. Daniel 
Webster* was unanimously admitted an honorary member of 
the society. 

At this meeting, appropriate resolutions were passed and or- 
dered to be entered upon the records, in recognition of the deep 
sense the society entertained of the faithful services of Thomas 
Jackson, Esq., as Secretary, during the term of thirty years. 

At the annual meeting, July 5, 1852, the death of the Vice- 
President, Dr. Joseph Prescott, the last survivor of the original 
members, was noticed by appropriate resolutions which were en- 
tered on the records, and a copy of which was ordered to be sent 
to the family of the deceased. 

At the annual meeting, July 4, 1853, Charles S. Davfes, 
of Portland, Me., was chosen President of the society, in place of 
Robert G. Shaw, deceased. Resolutions in attestation of Mr. 
Shaw's active benevolence, warm sympathies, and generous 
contribution of his abundance in aid of the limited means of 
the society to meet the wants of its beneficiaries were unani- 
mously adopted, and ordered to be entered on the records. 

At the annual meeting, July 4, 1854, the following Pream- 
ble and Resolution were unanimously passed : 

* Son of Hon. Ebenezer Webster, who was a Captain in the New Hampshire 
line, ami fought in the memoraltle battle of Benniiinfton. 



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Whereas^ at tlie Triennial Meeting of the Society of the Cin- 
cinnati, held at Baltimore, on the 17th day of May last, the fol^- 
lowing resolutions, respecting the succession and admission of 
members, were unanimously adopted, viz. 

'■'■ Resolved, that each state society, shall have the full right and 
power to regulate the admission of members, both as to the 
qualifications of members, and the terms of admission : 

Provided, that admission be confined to the male desecend- 
ants of original members, (including collateral branches as con- 
templated by the original constitution,) or to the male descend- 
ants of such officers of the army or navy, as may have been en- 
titled to admission, but who failed to avail themselves thereof, 
within tlie time limited by the constitution ; or to the male de- 
scendants of such officers of the army or navy of the Revolution 
as may have resigned with honor, or left the service with repu- 
tation, or to the male collateral relative of any officer who died 
in service, without leaving issue. 

Resolved, that the male descendants of those who were mem- 
bers of state societies, which have been dissolved, may be ad- 
mitted into existing societies upon such terms as those societies 
may think proper to prescribe. Now, therefore, 

Resolved, that the foregoing resolutions be proposed to the 
several state societies, and their assent be requested thereto ; 
and upon such assent being given by each of the remaining so- 
cieties, the secretary-general shall issue notice thereof to each 
society, and thereupon, the said resolutions shall become opera- 
tive, and each state society shall be at liberty to act upon the 
power given thereby." 

Resolved, that the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati do 
now unanimouslij assent to and adopt the same as the basis of their 
future action, and as a modification of the original constitution. 

[Soc. Rec. pp. 238 and 239.] 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLY 4, 1855, the amount to be 
paid to the society by members admitted under the new ordi- 
nance adopted at the last annual meeting, was fixed at the sum 
of three hundred and forty dollars. 

This provision was made, because, at the institution of the 
society, each member contributed to its funds a month's pay of 



his grade in the army; and in making it, reference was had also 
to the amount of the existing property of tlio society, and the 
pecuniary vahic of the share of each member therein, although 
of course, that property was deemed by all a sacred trust for 
the purposes for which it was originally contributed. 

At the ANNUAL MEETING, JuLY 4, 1856, VoTED, that the am- 
ount to be paid for admission into the society, by such new 
members as had no ancestor who had joined the society at its 
original formation, having been settled and fixed at three uun- 
i)RBD AND FORTY DOLLARS, it is heuceforth to be the rule, that 
neglect or refusal to pay the entrance money aforesaid, by such 
new members, shall cut off the claim of any descendant to ad- 
mission at a future time, until the entrance money aforesaid has 
been paid. And no member who has been admitted and has paid 
in part, and not in whole, the above mentioned sum, can trans- 
mit any right to an election to his descendants until the payment 
of three hundred and forty dollars shall have been completed. 

At this meeting the delegation to the meeting of the General 
Society at Trenton, N. J., on the 21st day of May, 1856, re- 
ported that the General Society had adopted the following res- 
olution : 

Resolved, that the resolution adopted at the last triennial 
meeting, requiring the assent of the several state societies to 
the resolutions in relation to the admission of members as 
the condition on which the said resolutions shall become op- 
erative, be and the same is repealed. [Soc. Rep. p. 242.] 

At this meeting, it was voted, that the President be author- 
ized to prepare a new edition of the Institution and proceedings 
of the Cincinnati of Massachusetts, for the press, and that he be 
requested to embrace therein such doings of the general soci- 
ety from time to time, as will bring its history down to the pe- 
riod of publication. 

At this meeting, a delegation, consisting of ten members of the 
standing committee, was appointed with full powers to make 
such provision and arrangements, as shall appear to them ex- 
pedient and proper, for the entertainment of the officers and 
members of the General Society of the Cincinnati, who may as- 
semble in the city of Boston, in May, 1857, and the treasurer 



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was authorized and directed to pay any and all expenses in- 
curred thereby. 

At a SPECIAL MEETING, held on the 23d of November, 1858, for 
the purpose of attending the funeral obsequies of Adams Bailey, 
Esq., deceased, late the esteemed Secretary of the Society, 
it was 

Resolved^ that gentlemen who have at any time been admit- 
ted members of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, 
other than by the right of succession through an original member 
of the Massachusetts Society, shall not be considered as acquir- 
ing or having acquired any more than a life interest in said so- 
ciety, nor be regarded as transmitting any claim, right, interest 
or privilege whatsoever, to any person or representative whomso- 
ever, until the whole and entire sum of three hundred and forty 
dollars be previously paid by the individual or his representa- 
tive and placed to his or their credit on the treasurer's books. 



EY-LAWS AND RULES 

OP THE 

§ila;5i^.adut5scttss( ^mtU^ ^( the (Jlincinnuti* 



OriginaUy adopted July 4t/i, 1811, and amended at the annual 
meetings of 1848 and 1859. 



1. The officers of the society shall consist of a president, 
vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and an assistant-secretary 
and treasurer, each of wliom shall, in virtue of his office, be a 
member of the standing committee of the year. 

2. There shall be annually elected, on the 4th of July, 
a committee consisting of twelve, in addition to the officers of 
the society, whose duty it shall be to take care of the general 
concerns of tlie corporation, as well as of all matters specially 
committed to them by the society. They shall from the funds 
afford such relief to the members, or to their widows and 
orphans, as in their judgment shall become proper objects 
thereof, in such sums, and at such times as they shall think 
best, taking care that the interest only of the general stock of 
the society be appropriated for this purpose, and for that of de- 
fraying the necessary expenses of the society. They shall pay 
a special attention to the state of the treasury, and shall see 
that the treasurer give bond for the faithful discharge of his 
duty ; they shall from time to time audit his accounts, direct 
him ill the exchange or purchase of stock, and in whatever the 
interest and security of the corporation may from time to time 
rcqnire. They shall keep a record of their proceedings, which 
shall be sulyect to the inspection of any member, and at the 
annual meeting shall be laid before the society and read. 

3. The votes for the election of the officers of the society, 
and for the admission of members, shall always be by ballot, or 
w^ritten vote. 



4. Five membors of the standing committee shall be consid- 
ered as a quorum for transacting the ordinary business ; but no 
appropriation of money shall be made unless seven members be 
present. 

5. Every original candidate, who shall be voted in, shall, at 
tlie time of his admission, pay such a sum in aid of the funds, 
as the standing committee shall adjudge to be reasonable. 

6. Every person who may be desirous of becoming a mem- 
ber of the society, and who shall come within the terms of the 
original general institution, shall make his application to the 
standing committee in writing ; who shall advise thereon, and 
report their opinion to the society ; but no one shall be permit- 
ted to be a candidate under the age of twenty-one years. 

7. Each person who shall be admitted a member in right of 
succession to a deceased member, or who shall become a mem- 
ber by virtue of any rule now existing or which may hereafter 
be established, shall make and subscribe the following declara- 
tion, in presence of the society : 

I having been admitted a member 

of the society of Cincinnati within the state of Massachusetts, 
as the true successor of , late a 

member of this society, and my deceased (father or brother, as 
the case may be) do solemnly promise and engage that I will 
duly conform to all the regulations established from time to 
time for the government of said society, as far as they shall 
have for their basis the principles of -tlie original institution. 
In testimony whereof, 1 hereto subscribe my name, and pledge 
my sacred honor. 

8. New members, who shall be admitted on the claim of 
succession, shall have a diploma or certilicate, signed by the 
president, and countersigned by the secretary, of the form 
following, viz : 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

Be it known that as the true successor of 

deceased, is a member of the Society of the 

Cincinnati ; instituted by the officers of the American Army, at 

the period of its dissolution, as well to commemorate the great 



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event which gave independence to tlie United States of Amer- 
ica, as for tlie laudaljle purpose o( inculcating- the duty of laying 
down, in peace, arms assumed for public defence, and of uniting 
in acts of brotherly affection and bonds of perpetual friendship, 
the members constituting the same. 

In testimony whereof, the seal of tho 
State Society of the Cincinnati of 
Massachusetts, is hereunto affixed, and 
the hand of the President, the day 
of in the year of our Lord one 
thousand eight hundred and 
By order. President. 

Secretary. 

9. Any person, making application to become a member of 
tlie Society, in conformity with the Rule recommended at the 
Triennial meeting of the general Society of the Cincinnati, held 
at Baltimore, in May, 18")4, and adopted by this Society at their 
annual meeting, on July following, may be admitted, upon sub- 
scribing the usual declaration and upon condition of the pay- 
ment of the sum of three hundred and forty dollars to the Treas- 
urer of the Society, as a contribution to the permanent fund, 
and shall thereby be entitled to all the rights and privileges of 
an original member. 

At this meeting, July 5th, 1847, it was voted, That in 
the election of honoi'ary members, it is distinctly understood, 
by the society, that such election does not confer the right of 
an original member, or give an honorary member any title to 
any portion of the funds, nor are they entitled to vote, or eligible 
to any office. 



NAMES 



OF 



THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS. 

ALPHABETICALLY ARUANOED. 



Abbott, Josiah, Ensign. 

Abbott, Stephen, Captain. 

Adams, Henry, Regimental Surgeon. 

Alden, Judah, Captain. 

Allen, Noah, Major. 

Allen, Nathaniel C. Captain. 

Ames, Jotham, Lieutenant. 

Andrews, William, Lieutenant. 

Armstrong, Samuel, Lieutenant. 

Ashley, Moses, Major. 

Austin, John, Lieutenant. 

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Bailey, Adams, Captain. 

Bailey, Luther, Captain. 

Balcom, Joseph, Lieutenant. 

Baldwin, Jeduthun, Colonel. 

Ballantine, Ebenezer, Surgeon's Mate. 

Ballard, William H., Major. 

Bancroft, James, Lieutenant. 

Barlow, Joel, Chaplain, 

Bassett, Barachiah, Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Baury de Bellerive, Captain. 

Baylies, Hodijah, Lieutenant-Colonel. 
Benson, Joshua, Captain. 
Blake, Edward, Lieutenant. 
Blanchard, John, Captain. 
Bowles, Ralph H., Lieutenant and Adjutant. 
Bowman, Samuel, Lieutenant. 
Bradford, Andrew, Lieutenant. 
Bradford, Gamaliel, Colonel. 
Bradford, Gamaliel, Lieutenant. 
Bradford, Robert, Captain 
Bramhall, Joshua, liieutenant. 
Brigham, Origen, Surgeon's Mate. 
Brooks, John, Lieutenant-Colonel-Comm. 
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Brown, Ebenczor, Licvitenant. 
Brown, Oliver, Captain-Lieutenant. 
Bugbee, Edward, Lieutenant. 
Bullard, Asa, Lieutenant. 
Burbeck, Henry, Captain. 
Burnham, John, Major. 
Bussey, Isaiah, Captain-Lieutenant. 



Callender, John, Captain-Lieutenant. 

Carleton, Moses, Lieutenant. 

Carleton, Osgood, Lieutenant. 

Castaing, Peter, Lieutenant. 

Chambers, Matthew, Captain. 

Chapin, Samuel, Lieutenant. 

Clap, Caleb, Captain. 

Clap, Joshua, Lieutenant. 

Clayes, Peter, Captain. 

Cobb, David, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 

Cogswell, Amos, Captain. 

Cogswell, Samuel, Lieutenant. 

Cogswell, Thomas, Major. 

Condy, Thomas H., Lieutenant. 

Cook, David, Captain. 

Cooper, Ezekiel, Captain. 

Cooper, Samuel, Adjutant. 

Crane, John, Colonel. 

Crane, John, Regimental Surgeon. 

Crocker, Joseph, Captain, 

Crowley, Florence, Lieutenant. 

Cushing, Nathaniel, Captain. 

Cashing, Thomas, Lieutenant. 



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Dana, Benjamin, Lieutenant. 

Danforth, Joshua, Lieutenant. 

Daniels, Japheth, Captain. 

Darby, Samuel, Major. 

Davis, Ebenezer, Lt. and Brig. Quarter Master. 

Davis, James, Lieutenant. 

Davis, John, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 

Dean, Walter, C'aptain. 

Dix, Nathan, Captain. 

Dodge, Levi, Lieutenant. 

Drew, Seth, Major. 

Duffield, John, llegimeutal Surgeon. 



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Eaton, Benjamin, Lieutenant. 

Edwards, Thomas, Lieut, and Judge Adv. 

Egleston, Azariah, Lieutenant and Pay-Master. 

Emerson, Nehemiah, Captain. 

Emery, Ephraim, Lieutenant and Pay- Master, 

Eustis, William, Hospital Surgeon. 

Everett, Pelatiah, Lieutenant. 

Eysandeau, William, Lieutenant. 



Felt, Jonathan, Captain. 

Finley, James E B., Regimental Surgeon. 

Finley, Samuel, Regimental Surgeon, 

Fisk, Joseph, Regimental Surgeon. 

Floyd, Ebenezer, Ensign. 

Foster, Elisha, Ensign. 

Foster. Thomas, Lieutenant. 

Fowles, John, Captain. 

Freeman, Constant, Captain-Lieutenant. 

Freeman, Thomas D., Lie\itenant. 

Frink, Samuel, Ensign. 

Frost, Samuel, Captain. 

Frothingham, Benjamin, Captain. 

Frye, Frederick, Ensign. 

Fuller, John, Captain. 



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Gardner, James, Captain- Lieutenant. 
Garrett, Andrew, Lieutenant. 
George, John, Captain-Lieutenant. 
Gibbs, Caleb, Major. 
Gilbert, Benjamin, Lieutenant. 
Goodale, Nathan, Captain. 
Goodwin, F. L. B., Surgeon's Mate. 
Greaton, John, Brigadier- General. 
Greaton, John W., Ensign. 
Greaton, Richard H. Ensign. 
Green, Francis, Captain. 
Greanleaf, William, Lieutenant. 
Gridley, John, Captain-Lieutenant. 

H 

Hall, James, Lieutenant. 
Hamlin, Africa, Ensign. 
Htincock, Belcher, Captain. 



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Hart, John, Regimental Surgeon. 

H.'trtshorn, Thomas, Captain. 

Harvey, Elisha, Captain-Lieutenant. 

Haskell, Elnathan, Captain. 

Haskell, Jonathan, Lieutenant, 

Hastings, John, C'aptain. 

Heath, William, Major-General. 

Hcywood, Benjamin, Captain. 

Hildreth, William, Lieutenant. 

Hill, Jeremiah, Lieutenant. 

Hinds, Bartlctt, Captain-Lieutenant. 

Hiwell, John, Lt. and Inspector of Music. ] 

Hobhy, John, Captain. 

Holbrook, David, Captain. 

Holden, Aaron, Captain. 

Holdcn, Abel, Captain. 

Holden, John, Lieutenant. 

Holden, Levi, Lietenant. 

Holland, Ivory, Lieutenant. 

Holland, Park, Lieutenant. 

Hollister, Jesse, Captain. 

Homans, John, Surgeon. 

Hooker, Zibeon, Lieutenant. 

Horton, Elisha, Pinsign. 

Houdin, M. G., Captain. 

Howe, Richard S., Ensign. 

Hull. William, Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Hunt, Ephraim, Lieutenant. 

Hunt, Thomas, Captain. 

Hard, John, Ensign. 

I J 

IngersoU, George, Lieutenant, 
Jackson, Amasa, Ensign. 
Jackson, Charles, Ensign. 
Jackson, Daniel, Lieutenant. 
Jackson, Ebenezer, Lieutenant. 
Jackson, Henry, Colonel. 
Jackson, ^Michael, Colonel. 
Jackson, Michael, Lieutenant. 
Jackson, Simon, Captain. 
Jackson, Thomas, Captain. 
Jefterds, Samuel, Lieutenant. 
Johnston, John, Captain. 



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Killam, Joseph, Captain. 
King, Zcbulon, Captain. 



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Knapp, iMoscs, Major. 

Knowk'S, Charles, Captain-Lieutenant. 

Knox, Henry, Major-General. 



Lamed, Simon, Captain. 

Laughton, William, Surgeon's Mate. 

Leavensworth, Nathaniel, Surgeon's Mat 

Lee, Daniel, Captain. 

Lee, William R., Colonel. 

Leland, Joseph, Lieuenant. 

Leonard, Jacob, Ensign. 

Lillie, John, Captain. 

Lincoln, Benjamin, Major-General. 

Lincoln, Rufus, Captain. 

Liswell, John, Lieutenant. 

Lockwood, William, Chaplain. 

Lord, Jeremiah, Ensign. 

Lovell, James, Lieutenant. 

Lunt, Daniel, Captain. 

Lyman, Cornelius, Ensign. 

M 

M'Cay, Daniel, Ensign. 

McKendry, William, Lieutenant. 

Marble, Henry, Lieutenant. 

Mason, David, Jun., Lieutenant. 

Maxwell, Hugh, Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Maynard, John, Lieutenant and Quarter-Master. 

Maynard, Jonathan, Captain. 

Maynard, William, Captain. 

Means, James, Captain. 

Mellish, Samuel, Lieutenant. 

Miller, Jeremiah, Captain. 

Miller, Joseph, Lieutenant. 

Mills, John, Captain. 

Mills, William. Captain. 

Mooars, Benjamin, Lieutenant. 

Moore, William, Captain. 

Moore, William, Lieutenant. 

Morgan, Benjamin, Surgeon's Mate. 

Morrel, Amos, Major. 

Morton, Silas, Lieutenant. 

Myrick, Samuel, Lieutenant. 



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Nason, Nathaniel, Lieutenant and Quarter-Master. 

Nelson, Henry, Lieutenant. 

Newhall, Ezra, Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Newman, Samuel, Lieutenant. 

Nicholson, Samuel, Captain in the Navy. 

Nixon, Thomas, Colonel. 

North, William, Captain. 

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Oliver, Robert, Major. 
Oliver, Alexander, Ensign. 



Pardee, Aaron, Lieutenant. 

Parker, Benjamin, Lieutenant. 

Parker, Elias, Lieutenant. 

Paterson, John, Brigadier-General. 

Peabody, Ebenezer, Lieutenant. 

Peirce, Benjamin, Lieutenant. 

Peirce, John, Captain-Lieutenant. 

Peirce, Silas, Captain. 

Perkins, William, Major. 

Peters, Andrew, Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Pettingill, Joseph, Major. 

Phelon, Edward, Lieutenant. 

Plu'lon, John, Lieutenant 

Phelon, Patrick, Lieutenant. 

Pike, Benjamin, Captain. 

Pope, Isaac, Major. 

Popkin, John, Lieutenant- Colonel. 

Porter, Benjamin Jones, Surgeon's Mate. 

Pratt, Joel, Lieutenant. 

Prescott, Joseph, Hospital Mate. 

Putnam, Rufus, Brigadier-General. 



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Randall, Thomas, Captain. 

Rawson, Jeduthun, Ensign. 

Reab, George, Lieutenant. 

Remick, Timothy, Captain. 

Rice, Nathan, Major. 

Rice, Oliver, Lieutenant, 

Richardson, Abijah, Regimental Surgeon. 

Rickard, William, Lieutenant. 



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Ripley, Hezokiali, liiciitonant. 
Rouse, Oliver, Captain. 
Rowe, John, Ensign. 



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Sampson, Crocker, Lieutenant. 

Sargeant, Winthrop, Captain. 

Satterlee, William, Major. 

Savage, Henry, Lieutenant. 

Savage, Joseph, Captain. 

Sawyer, James, Ensign. 

Scammell, Samuel L., Ensign. 

Scott, James, Ensign. 

Selden, Charles, Lieutenant. 

Sever, James, Ensign. 

Sewall, Henry, Captain. 

Seward, Thomas, Captain. 

Shaw, Samuel, Captain. 

Shepherd, William, Colonel. 

Shepherd, WilliaTU, Ensign. 

Shute, Daniel, Regimental Surgeon. 

Smith, Ebenezer, Captain. 

Smith. Ebenezer, Captain. 

Smith, John K. Captain. 

Smith, Joseph, Lieutenant. 

Smith, Josiah, Lieutenant. 

Smith, Simeon, Captain. 

Smith, Sylvanus, Captain. 

Spring, Simeon, Lieutenant. 

Sprout, Ebenezer, Lieut. Col. Com. 

Stacey, William, Lieutenant-Colonel. 

Stafford, John R., Ensign. 

Stepliens, William, Captain. 

Stocker, Ebenezer, liieutenant. 

Stone, Jonathan, Captain. 

Stone, Nathaniel, Lieutenant. 

Storer, Ebenezer, Lieutenant and Pay-Master. 

Story, John. 

Story, William, Captain, 

Sumner, Job, Major. 

Swan, Caleb, Ensign. 



Taylor, Othniel, Captain. 

Taylor, William Lieutenant and Quarter-Master. 

Taylor, Tertius, Lieutenant. 

Thacher, James, Regimental Surgeon. 



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Thaclior, Natlianiel, Lioutonnnt. 

Tliomas, John, Ro<i;iniontal Surgeon. 

Thomas, Josejih, Captain. 

Thomas. Thathleus, J^ieutcnant Colonel. 

Tisdalc, Jamos, Captain. 

Torroy, William, Lieutenant anJ Adjutant. 

Town, Jacob, Lieutenant. 

Townsen'l, David, Hospital Surgeon. 

Tread well, William, Captain. 

Trcscott, Lemuel, Major. 

Trowbridge, Luther, Lieutenant. 

Trotter, John, Captain. 

Tudor, William, Lieut. -Col. & Judge Advocate Ocn. 

Tucker, Joseph, Lieutenant and Pay-Master. 

Tupper, Benjamin, Colonel. 

'J'upper, Anselm, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 

Turner, Jonathan, C-aptain. 

Turntr, Marlbry, Lieutenant. 

Turner, Peleg, Lieutenrnt. 

Turner, Thomas, Captain. 



Vose, Elijah, Lieutenant-Colonel. 
Vose, Joseph, ('olonel. 
Vose, Thomas, Captain. 



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Wales, Joseph, Lieutenant. 

Walker, Robert, Captain. 

Walker, Edward, Lieutenant and Pay-Master. 

Wardwell. Joseph, Lieutenant. 

Warren, Adriel, Lieutenant. 

Warren, James, Jun. Lieutenant of the Navy. 

Warren, John, Lieutenant. 

Watson, William, Captain. 

Wattles, Alason, Captain. 

Webb, George, Captain. 

Webber, Daniel, Lieutenant. 

Wellington, Elisha, Lieutenant. 

Wells, Benjamin, Lieutenant. 

Wells, James, Lieutenant. 

Wells, Thomas, Captain. 

Wesson, James, Colonel. 

White, Haffield, Captain. 

White, Edward, Lieutenant. 

Whiting, John, Lieutenant. 

Whitwell, Samuel, Surgeon. 



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Wilds, Ebenczer, Lieutenant. 

AVilliams, Abraham, Captain. 

Williams, John, Captain. 

Williams, Joseph, Captain. 

Williams, Robert, Lieutenant and Pay-Master. 

Williams, Ebenezer, Lieutenant. 

Wing, Jonathan, Ensign. 

Winslow, John, Captain. 

Woodbridge, Christopher, Captain. 

Woodward, Samuel, Surgeon's Mate. 

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Yeoman, John, Lieutenant. 



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ELECTED AS MEMBERS, BUT ADMISSION NOT COMPLETED 



Bailey, Barnard C. 
Clark, Samuel C. 
Eustis, Abraham 
Lincoln, Theodore 
Parker, Isaac 
Reniick, Timothy 
Sawyer. James L. 
Thatcher, Thomas 
Vose, Thomas P. 



1829 



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1812 



Uncle, Capt. Luther. 
Grandfather, Col. Wm. Hull. 

J'ather, !Maj. Gen. Benjamin. 
Brother, Lieut. Elias. 



Brother, Surgeon James. 



MEMBERS OF OTHER STATE SOCIETIES, JOINING BY 
REMOVAL AND RESIDENCE. 

Joseph Clark, Lieutenant, New Hampshire. 

Andrew Craigie, Apothecary General. 

Henry Dearborn, Colonel, New Hampshire. 

Timothy Pickering, Quarter Master General. 



HONORARY MEMBERS.— ELECTED. 

YEAR. 



John C. Warren, 
William H. Prescott, 
Daniel Webster, 



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